The stonework tunnels i found out exploring the old abandoned New England railroad lines are amazing

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  • Опубликовано: 28 июн 2024
  • Exploring the old rail beds in New Hampshire that once had trains traveling down them makes for a great hike. These old tracks go back to the 1800s and it is amazing the way they built these lines all by hand, I am always looking for the signs of where people did things a long time ago. We walk through a couple of old farms where you can see many old rock walls. They blasted granite ledge out of the way and built huge Levys to keep the tracks flat. The remarkable things I find are the stonework granite tunnels that they would build under the railroad tracks. They were for water and livestock to be able to go under the railway. Massive cut granite way underground and some 100 feet long and you just have to see them. I also got a chance to test out the new Fenix PD36 Tac flashlight and it worked great.
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  • @tonytrimarchiat
    @tonytrimarchiat Год назад

    That was so interesting, totally enjoyable, thanks 73s

  • @paulbarringer958
    @paulbarringer958 3 года назад +1

    Nice walk, thanks for the share

  • @jerrydineen2827
    @jerrydineen2827 3 года назад +1

    That was a nice walk for us all!

  • @johnbeach7985
    @johnbeach7985 2 года назад

    another rollicking good walk with you!

  • @jimjustice581
    @jimjustice581 2 года назад

    What a beautiful… beautiful nature walk. Thanks for taking us along.

  • @rogerbamatutz1927
    @rogerbamatutz1927 3 года назад

    I walked rail lines when much younger in Western NY. You walk till you could drop and then come to the realization that you gotta walk back.

  • @sherismith5242
    @sherismith5242 Год назад

    love the hike and the flashlight

  • @gloryanna365
    @gloryanna365 3 года назад

    Enjoyed the walk...thanks so much!

  • @bradleyswasey6778
    @bradleyswasey6778 3 года назад +14

    I always enjoyed checking out land with my Dad. He loved to tell me about the old ways. Getting a metal detector and checking out old cellar holes was something he always wanted to do but never got too. He is gone now but everytime I get my metal detector in my hands I think of him.

  • @normawinton6832
    @normawinton6832 3 года назад

    Quite the adventure! What a difference in size with the tunnels! Happy hunting!

  • @richardcolbert6264
    @richardcolbert6264 3 года назад

    👍👍Nice

  • @cheycasters
    @cheycasters 3 года назад

    that flashlight kicks azz!

  • @arthurbolton8477
    @arthurbolton8477 3 года назад +4

    amazing amount of earthworks to build those culverts,

  • @stanbarrett5552
    @stanbarrett5552 3 года назад +2

    Thanks for taking us with you!!

  • @mrkrharris
    @mrkrharris 2 года назад

    Beautiful

  • @MNpicker
    @MNpicker 3 года назад

    Very intriguing 🤓👌🏼

  • @badgers3255
    @badgers3255 3 года назад +1

    Thanks for taking us along Charlie. I enjoyed the show!

  • @denniswhite9557
    @denniswhite9557 3 года назад

    TY DC

  • @arthurbolton8477
    @arthurbolton8477 3 года назад

    that is beautiful countryside your very lucky

  • @squashum778
    @squashum778 3 года назад

    Beautiful location.

  • @todd7619
    @todd7619 3 года назад

    That lake view 💓

  • @puppyeyes9368
    @puppyeyes9368 3 года назад +3

    Nice walk love the water, birds, foliage, an stone work. Great way to spend my cup of coffee.
    God bless, be safe. Nora C

  • @ClaytonCountyHistoryHound
    @ClaytonCountyHistoryHound 3 года назад +1

    I'm waiting for your book, A Million Miles of Walls. Thanks for taking us along on another great adventure. Take care.

  • @colombecouture7974
    @colombecouture7974 3 года назад

    Beautiful place

  • @justincathcart1978
    @justincathcart1978 3 года назад

    This looks like a place I hiked near Bedford NH.

  • @mezellenjohnson2753
    @mezellenjohnson2753 3 года назад +7

    What a wonderful walk, the birds singing, leaves gently rustling and water flowing through man made structures under the old railway bed plus of course the walls built before the railway. That was so relaxing Charlie and as you said you took us with you which I am very grateful for. I cant go out now but my eyes and mind are with you in your videos and I explore lands I have never been or seen before thanks to you sweetheart. The birds outside my window are still singing away so I have them lol. Good luck and happy hunting and hiking my friend God bless you and NinJen love and hugs to you both Mary-Ellen LFOD UK

  • @truckerdaddy-akajohninqueb4793
    @truckerdaddy-akajohninqueb4793 2 года назад

    Farmer's boundary wall? Wow. I'm up in Québec. Good idea for a weekender

  • @johndodson4527
    @johndodson4527 3 года назад

    Educational.

  • @TheReal-HeeHaw
    @TheReal-HeeHaw 3 года назад +2

    Enjoyed watching N.T once again ✌

  • @daisymay4183
    @daisymay4183 3 года назад +2

    What a beautiful hike. Those stone tunnels are a wonder.

  • @keithrayeski6417
    @keithrayeski6417 Год назад

    It always stirs my mind to think of the folks who worked on those walls, to the men who built those rail lines, to those who wrote the cars of the trains…life was as much their every breath as ours is today, while they are long in their graves. But their lives were as full of the sights, colors, smells and sounds then as ours today. The biggest difference…they were tough, rugged and working Americans building a nation. Truly, how many today ride and walk those trails and think of it as nothing but convenience of recreation!?
    I’m in strafford County but grew up in rockingham and remember when those trails, were still active rails. I think you’re in Cheshire county but the story is the same. You know the history of that area…like the early fortifications numbered sequentially by the British back before America was a republic.
    Love my state…family roots back to 1637 and what was once a family kings grant of a thousand acres…is all long since gone today. Areas that my family homesteaded, are today in the hands of folks who moved here and have no connection to my family at all. Sad to me…but that’s how life goes.
    Thanks for taking us along.
    Now…barded fence…the railroad often lined the sides of the rail beds to keep wind game and more hazardous, farm livestock, off the rail beds. Maybe what you found there?

  • @BigEdsGuns
    @BigEdsGuns 3 года назад

    Like the not Thursday logo sir.

  • @5280Adventures
    @5280Adventures 3 года назад +4

    Really enjoyed this trek through NH. I love the history

  • @laurenoreilly4140
    @laurenoreilly4140 3 года назад +2

    Beautiful video! Loved hearing the birds and seeing that beautiful, calm lake. Love the history you bring to your videos!

  • @Greengrass1972
    @Greengrass1972 3 года назад +1

    Enjoyed that as I always do, stunning scenery, nice job Charlie

  • @humblerc841
    @humblerc841 3 года назад

    Down in my neck of the woods

  • @BloodEagle1583
    @BloodEagle1583 3 года назад +1

    Another great video. Thanks for your efforts.

  • @joyceclark8476
    @joyceclark8476 3 года назад +3

    Hi Charlie, I like the boot print logo saying NoT Thursday, explore your world, in the beginning of video. Enjoyed walking with you. Nice and peaceful. Thank you, Joy ❤️. 🇺🇸. ARROW *🎱.

  • @impunitythebagpuss
    @impunitythebagpuss 3 года назад +1

    Here ,our narrow gauge railway system was discontinued back in the 70s...we now have a "trailway" system across the island. Amazing how people worked the landscape back in the day...mostly by hand! Your woods are just grand!

  • @demonprinces17
    @demonprinces17 3 года назад

    Hand built still standing

  • @truthseeker2900
    @truthseeker2900 3 года назад +6

    We have one old,(now removed) rail bed near me. And, even though there is an abundance of iron along the way, there are also, "rest stops" the workers used during construction. They are tough to locate, but there are artifacts.

  • @dawncarpenter1358
    @dawncarpenter1358 3 года назад +2

    So beautiful! It is so interesting to actually have a peek through the times. To literally see the progression of the use of the land. Thank you so much Charlie. I hope you had a good 4th :)

  • @SuperCharlie2002
    @SuperCharlie2002 3 года назад

    Beautiful country side. Thanks for the tag along.

  • @brianvaughn3278
    @brianvaughn3278 2 года назад

    Ive heard those stone passes called culverts.

  • @steveinthemountains8264
    @steveinthemountains8264 3 года назад +1

    Nice scenic/historic walk. I did a 10-mile hike today along the Elwell Trail near Newfound Lake in Hebron area, over Bear Mountain. NH is beautiful all throughout the year, but now is such a great time to get and enjoy the woods!

  • @kelly623
    @kelly623 3 года назад +2

    Great trek Charlie! Really enjoyed it. I found myself wishing I was with you and walking behind metal detecting as we went.
    Would it be worth another visit maybe with Dame and Waynos?? I think so......
    Thanks again bro!
    Kelly/Indiana

  • @chuckjenkins4348
    @chuckjenkins4348 3 года назад

    I love these videos about old rail beds. When I was a very young boy I spent days walking and hiking old railway beds. Man do I miss those beds. There all gone to development today but every now and then you’ll see a small section that didn’t get torn out and brings back old memories.
    Thank you Charlie…

  • @thomasknapp6403
    @thomasknapp6403 3 года назад +2

    Amazing how back in the 1800 they were able to build large long lips like that for the railroad without any machinery

    • @trimbaker1893
      @trimbaker1893 3 года назад

      @Trepang 412 and do not forget, they used slave labor and those men had no choice but to work.

  • @JJ-JOHNSON
    @JJ-JOHNSON 3 года назад

    Charlie did you quit the old cigar? I smoking a Trader's Jack right now, Awesome video by the way.

  • @granddad-mv5ef
    @granddad-mv5ef 3 года назад +2

    Charlie, a production question: Do you never meet anyone on the rail trails? This one in particular seems to be regularly walked.

  • @katmandoism
    @katmandoism 3 года назад

    Makes one wonder what they buried under all that fill.

  • @thomasknapp6403
    @thomasknapp6403 3 года назад

    That was very interesting...

  • @truckerdaddy-akajohninqueb4793
    @truckerdaddy-akajohninqueb4793 2 года назад

    11:55 Different build but carved/cut stones too

  • @dannymatthews6365
    @dannymatthews6365 3 года назад

    When it carries water from one side to the other it’s a culvert. They came through and straightened the old county blacktop from a winding track that went from farmhouse to farmhouse into straighter road that allowed vehicles to go a lot faster back when my little brother and I were in grade school. They put in 18” diameter concrete culverts under the new road. Brother and I played “army” constantly and crawled through those. I would not walk through one that was 6’ tall these days. Too claustrophobic.

  • @rogerarmendariz7633
    @rogerarmendariz7633 3 года назад +2

    I would like to see some of your coins cleaned up to see what they really look like.
    Great channel by the way.

  • @intothecalm420
    @intothecalm420 3 года назад +1

    So crazy to think that 99.99% of people today would have no idea where to start in building something so immense.
    And of course 99% wouldn't be physically capable to manually move earth 16 hours a day.

  • @tinman7130
    @tinman7130 3 года назад

    Ahh yes, the continuation of hte rail line path a favorite Not Thursday

  • @gotrelicsrhodeisland5130
    @gotrelicsrhodeisland5130 3 года назад

    Sweet area looks juicy brotha

  • @chrisbroome5325
    @chrisbroome5325 2 года назад

    Charlie, do you think the house could have been pushed by loggers or maybe a storm?

  • @markattardo
    @markattardo 3 года назад

    Always enjoy a rail trail. You never know what you will pass.

  • @countrysiderussell8003
    @countrysiderussell8003 3 года назад +1

    Boom baby

  • @truckerdaddy-akajohninqueb4793
    @truckerdaddy-akajohninqueb4793 2 года назад

    Could you please post a location? GPS coordinates maybe?

  • @beepseatsfindingfoodtreasu8756
    @beepseatsfindingfoodtreasu8756 3 года назад +1

    Many people forget that we had steam powered equipment for earth moving but the land still had to be cleared to get it in. In today's standards it's still a lot of manual labor.

  • @truckerdaddy-akajohninqueb4793
    @truckerdaddy-akajohninqueb4793 2 года назад

    4:40 culvert?

  • @sandrayancheski6806
    @sandrayancheski6806 3 года назад

    What beautiful country but Charlie the way you take those hills going down and up you must be half mountain goat and no offense meant.

  • @scottnyc6572
    @scottnyc6572 3 года назад +1

    Many times old rail lines were established originally along existing paths.Water flowing below the rail bed is a culvert.Perfect for metal detecting since it was original the grade.Have you ever checked out historical ariels.com?
    Shows older views of landscapes and older buildings that once may have stood there at one time.

  • @ericchase1496
    @ericchase1496 3 года назад

    Are you going back to detect. That was cool

  • @dms123ification
    @dms123ification 3 года назад

    Culverts not water tunnels

  • @davidnough705
    @davidnough705 2 года назад

    Just like a Crime Scene; at 5:48 to 6:08! Notice the difference in mold from each different mega block; (some coated others spotless), [some white, some grey]; all stacked with huge gaps between them? 🤔 At least they didn't have to quarry them from hundreds of miles away; (just steal them from the Ancient Megalithic Structures)!

  • @alfonsoacereto8558
    @alfonsoacereto8558 3 года назад +3

    They didn't quite do it by hand, they used Fresno scoops and horses, mules or oxen to move the earth .

  • @douglaskerr6813
    @douglaskerr6813 3 года назад

    It's a wonder you don't check where the track gangs camped

  • @mezellenjohnson2753
    @mezellenjohnson2753 3 года назад +1

    5th like 2nd comment lol

  • @ruprechtrw
    @ruprechtrw 3 года назад

    Imagine the number of slaves it took to move all that dirt.

    • @impunitythebagpuss
      @impunitythebagpuss 3 года назад

      Not sure NH used slave labour....

    • @lessismore6062
      @lessismore6062 3 года назад

      New Hampshire voted to gradually abolish slavery in the 1780's. This railbed was built in the late 1800's, early 1900's.